Ergebnis für "Alpha" in Weltraumerkundung

Naval Officer Jack Samson thought a posting to the frontier of human-inhabited space was the death blow to his career. He couldn't have been more wrong. A routine inspection of a small merchant vessel leads to devastating loss and the discovery of strange, fascinating objects. As astonishing discoveries unfold, a mysterious and hostile ship proves that Samson has a competitor in unlocking the secrets of an ancient alien civilization and that humanity might not be alone in the galaxy after all.

The greatest threat humanity has ever faced lies beyond the frontier of its galactic civilization, but dangers closer to home have been overlooked and allowed to grow. As greed and personal ambition in the Terran Union push the common good aside, the Navy is forced to turn to unconventional means. Jack Samson is ordered to team up with former allies to uncover and destroy the rot eating the Union from the inside. Chasing down a trail of smuggled alien technology through the Union's underworld, they soon discover the web of treachery reaches farther than anyone could have expected.

Assigned to a new warship with cutting-edge technology, Jack Samson returns to the Frontier, determined to cast off the question marks over his previous conduct. The Navy ventures ever farther beyond the Frontier, with fantastic new discoveries becoming a daily occurrence. As humanity reaches for these technological riches, it enters a deadly contest with a lethal adversary, the very survival of the human race being at stake.

Auf geht's nach Alpha Centauri. Wenn die Crew der Promet geahnt hätte, was sie dort erwartet, hätte sie die Reise niemals angetreten. Eine außerirdische Intelligenz greift sie an. Ohne zu wissen, was mit ihnen passiert, versuchen sie, sich gegenseitig umzubringen. Auf der Erde versucht Dex Coleman sein Versagen zu vertuschen, während Harry T. Orell von der HTO 234 ein seltsamer Fund ausgehändigt wird.

Aske og Lady er kommet til rumbyen Omnis Alpha. Her opsøger de Senatet for at få hjælp til at befri Jordens befolkning, der er taget som slaver af rumvæsner. Men Senatet har ikke meget til overs for en menneskeunge fra Jorden, og Aske og Lady må bevise deres værd, før nogen vil høre på dem. Kun ved at vinde konkurrencen "Universets Helte" kan Aske gøre sig håb om at se sin mor og far igen. Bog 2 i den spændende og sjove science-fictionserie om Aske og Lady og deres oplevelser blandt stjernerne.